Antidote: Lab Alliance Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Setup (8-9 Players)
• Gameplay
• Game End & Scoring

Contents

The Lab Alliance expansion adds the following to the game:

• "X" and Number Cards "1-9" for Elixir-Q and Betelgeuse
• "8" and "9" Cards for the formulas included in the base game
• Nine Lab Alliance Team Cards (two-sided)
• Nine Lab Alliance Lab Assistant Cards
• Two Syringe Cards

Before setup, give each player one Lab Alliance Lab Assistant Card. This is a reference card that is not part of your hand.

Setup (8-9 Players)

Refer to Table 1 for the number and types of cards to be included in the game for the given number of players.

# of Players	Formulas in Play	Formula Cards	# of Syringe Cards	Team Cards
8	All from the base game + Elixir Q	"1-8" and "X" of each formula	8	"8 Players" A-H
9	All ten formulas	"1-9" and "X" of each formula	9	"9 Players" A-I

1. Assign each player a Lab Alliance Team Card (see Figure 1) in clockwise order, starting with the card labeled "A" and proceeding alphabetically by the letter on each card. Flip the cards to either the side labeled "8-players" for an 8-player game or "9-players" for a 9-player game. Your Team Card remains in front of you on the table throughout the game to show your team.

2. Deal each player one Syringe Card.

3. Shuffle the "X" Cards and deal one face-down to each player.

4. Place the one remaining "X" Card face-down under the game box to represent the antidote for this round.

5. Shuffle the Number Cards needed for the game (e.g. "1-9" of every formula in a 9-player game), and then:

   1. Deal 8 (in an 8-player game) or 9 (in a 9-player game) cards face-up to a space in the middle of the table within reach of all players. This is the "Supply Cabinet."
   2. Deal the remaining cards face-down, one at a time, to each player until the deck is exhausted.

Note: All players should have an equal number of cards in hand.

Figure 1 (Team Card) labels the team symbol and name, the setup information, and the number of players.

Gameplay

Teams: Antidote Lab Alliance is a team game. You will have one teammate in an 8-player game or two teammates in a 9-player game. Your teammates are those who have the same team symbol you have.

There are four teams: Team Atom, Team Gravity, Team Antivenin and Team Mitosis.

Figure 2 (8-player game) seats the players as follows: Players 1 and 3 are Team Atom; Players 2 and 4 are Team Gravity; Players 5 and 7 are Team Antivenin; Players 6 and 8 are Team Mitosis.

Turn Options: As in the base game you must take one action per turn, but Lab Alliance introduces two additional options from which you may choose:

1. Use the Supply Cabinet: Immediately exchange any card from your hand for any card in the Supply Cabinet. Place Number Cards face-up and "X" Cards face-down in the Supply Cabinet.

   Note: Cards in players' workstations are NOT part of the Supply Cabinet.

2. Trade with Teammates: Select "left" or "right" and tell all players to pass a card to their teammate in that direction. All players must simultaneously pass a card face-down from their hand to their teammate in the direction you indicated. Take the card passed to you into your hand.

   Note: In an 8-player game this will be a 1:1 exchange with your partner. In a 9-player game you will have two teammates and you will pass one card to one teammate and receive one card from the other.

Trade Research: In Lab Alliance, you may NOT use your turn action to make a 1:1 trade with your teammate(s) unless it is part of the "Trade with Teammates" action noted above, which enables all players in the game to pass to their teammates simultaneously. You may, however, make a 1:1 trade with a player from a different team as your turn action.

Communication: Communication between teammates is permitted, but must be observable by all. You may NOT show the cards in your hand to any player, including your teammates.

Game End & Scoring

At the end of each round, combine each player's final score on your team for your team score. The winning team is the one with the highest team score after two rounds.

For example, Sara and Jonathan are both on Team Atom. Sara lives and scores 4 points. Jonathan dies and scores -5 points. Sara and Jonathan's team score is -1 point.